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Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition gets a 1.0 release date plus “AI” civilization generatorWhat if we could talk to the Civilizations
What if we could talk to the Civilizations
Image credit:Stardock
Image credit:Stardock
Among the Supernova Edition’s touted new methods of galactic civilizing is “AlienGPT”, which “allows players to describe their own custom civilization and then uses generative AI to create it”. AlienGPT is based on OpenAI’s chatbot software, and “can generate text content for various elements of gameplay, including civilization overviews, lore, in-game events, and diplomatic conversations.”
AlienGPT - Galactic Civilizations IV: SupernovaWatch on YouTube
AlienGPT - Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova
There’s no word in the press release as to how all this is organised at the developer’s end - will artists be expected to meet every last player request, however peculiar? And have there been any job losses associated with the decision to generate large swathes of the game’s writing, asthreatens to be the case for “artificial intelligence” models at large?I am going to input the entirety of Marx’s Capital into the generator textbox in the hope that my generated virtual populace will link arms and rise against me.
AI shenanigans aside, Supernova also introduces a story-driven campaign, some new canonical alien civilisations, a new starship designer and battle system. Existing GalCiv 4 players can upgrade to Supernova at a discount. I’ve got a launch trailer for you right over there, a few millimetres below this sentence. Keep going! There, you’ve found it.
Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Launches October 19Watch on YouTube
Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Launches October 19
